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RIMA seminar, Amsterdam, 5/2

- 2019

The future is electric 1

Drones and automation in Statnett's grid


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Amsterdam, 5/2 - 2019The future is electric 2

This is Statnett

Statnett is the Transmission System Operator in the Norwegian energy system

Statnett operates and owns over 11 000 km of power lines and

cables, over 35 000 towers and approximately 150 transformer stations throughout Norway

Operations are monitored 24/7/365 from one national control centre and two regional control centres.

Statnett is responsible for interconnectors to Sweden, Finland, Russia, Denmark and the Netherlands

Statnett has 1 300 employees, and is owned by the Norwegian state

Regional

control

center

north

Regional

control

center

south

National

control

center



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Amsterdam, 5/2 - 2019

Use of drones in Statnett•Needs and operations are based upon a drone strategy•Drone center•Flight operations manager•Technical managers•30+ pilots•Operational inspections•R&D


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•Foot in rough terrain

•ATV

•Snowmobile

•Helicopter

•Boat

•AND drones

Inspections by:


1. Automatic inspections on substation

2. AI-4-UAS (automatic fault detection from images

using machine learning and artificial intelligence)

3. Automatic long distance line inspections(to be initiated)


R & D

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Automatic inspections on substation

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AI-4-UAS

?

Collect Images Tag Images Train AI Model DeployHow to add new

intelligence to the system?

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Long distance line inspectionsTask

Drone hangar

UAS*

Sense & avoid

Pathplanning

VTOL, fixed wing, multirotor?

Long range flight

Communication BVLOS/BRLOS

Sensors

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• All power lines are laser scanned

• 3d vector of lines and height of all towers

• Digital elevation model (5 cm)

• GPS position is not reliable

• Intelligent sensors that know what which components to photograph

• Multiple pictures of each component

• Over 200 km flight range

• Reliable communication with the drone

• Need clear and sharp images of the right component


Prerequisites and challenges

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